Senior Data Scientist in Melbourne

Are you ready to be a big part of something big? At carsales, we’re all about making buying and selling a great experience. Since 1997, we’ve been evolving with the new economy to help people choose how they move today and tomorrow. When it comes to your career, we want to offer meaningful opportunities that empower you to make a lasting impact.

This role sits within the AI & Data Science team, which helps build the intelligence behind how millions of our customers discover, buy, and sell vehicles. We embrace hybrid working, combining the flexibility of remote work with the energy and connection of in-person collaboration.

What’s on offer:

• A place where you can move your career forward, where you’ll be continuously backed to make new ideas happen, and the chance to do work that makes real, significant impact in the world.
• The support of a highly engaged, high-performing team including a leadership team that you’ll actually have face time with.
• 24 weeks paid parental leave for primary caregivers, four weeks paid secondary caregivers leave and paid family & fertility planning leave.

We're looking for a Senior Data Scientist to strengthen the analytical rigour and business impact of data science across our AI & Data Science team. This is a senior, hands-on role focused on turning complex data and business problems into clear insights, effective visualisations, and robust machine learning models that deliver measurable outcomes.

You’ll:

• Deliver end-to-end data science: Lead and contribute to data science initiatives from problem definition and exploratory analysis through to validated solutions.
• Turn data into insights: Analyse complex behavioural, automotive, and business data to identify meaningful patterns and opportunities.
• Drive personalisation, recommendation and ranking: Develop models that improve customer intent understanding, relevance, and personalisation.
• Own experimentation and impact measurement: Design rigorous offline and online evaluations, establish credible baselines and success measures.
• Champion analytical and modelling standards: Apply and uphold shared practices for problem framing, model development, evaluation, reproducibility, documentation, and governance.
• Collaborate, communicate and influence: Work closely with colleagues across Tech, Data, Product, and Commercial teams to align priorities.

Qualifications

What we’re looking for:

• Substantial hands-on experience applying statistical modelling and machine learning to complex customer or business problems.
• A strong understanding of experimentation and evaluation, with demonstrated ability to design robust offline and online tests.
• Advanced programming skills for preparing large datasets and developing production-quality modelling code.
• A collaborative and disciplined mindset, combining strong analytical communication skills.
• Highly Regarded: Domain expertise in recommendation, ranking, and personalisation.

We know not everyone will meet every requirement, and that’s okay. If you’re excited about the role and believe you can make a difference, we’d love to hear from you.

Additional Information

As an equal opportunity employer, carsales welcomes applications from individuals of all backgrounds, identities, abilities, and life experiences. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported.